As a coach, one of my practices is to review the coaching relationship with the client and ask for  feedback at the end to see if there’s anything I can improve on as a coach and my coaching process. During my final session with one client, “Barbara”, she mentioned that her coaching experience with me was unique because of my focus on coaching her entire being, which inspired her to go deeper. Although she’s worked with other coaches who asked powerful questions, her sessions with them did not give her the same clarity and awareness as ours. While reflecting on her feedback on my coaching ..read more

The International Coaching Federation Philippines (ICFP) Charter Chapter recently honored three organizations at their first PRISM Award virtual ceremony. The PRISM Award originated in Toronto, Canada and has since been adopted by several ICF Chapters around the world.  The Award seeks to recognize how organizations around the world, across cultures, have truly been transformed through coaching. As described by PRISM Award co-lead (and ICF Philippines, Secretary), Ina Teves, “a prism is a tool that bends white light and separates it into a rainbow of color.  Prism is thus a metaphor ..read more

We live in an age where workplaces are becoming more inclusive and sensitive to a more neurodivergent reality. The increase of awareness also brings with it niches in our ever-evolving life coaching practice. Here are some key points why ADHD life coaching is flourishing and will continue its momentum moving forward. Reason #1: ADHD Life Coaching is now respected as part of the interdisciplinary treatment approach Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects “approximately 11% of children and almost 5% of adults in the US ..read more

Time and again, I would often come across this kind of leader – the frazzled and frustrated type who feels the whole building will collapse if he loses focus for just even a second. This leader believes that to earn his title, he needs to be “everything”. Such a leader somehow feels less if he is not the problem-solver, fixer, know-all and be-all of the team. What happens then is this leader is perpetually in “Command and Control” mode. He has difficulty delegating tasks, and if he ever does, he wants things done exactly his way. Since work keeps expanding and becomes ever more complex, it wil ..read more

As we look back at the past 12 months, you might have noticed that it was a great time to have been a member of ICF. We can see that being a member of the Philippine charter chapter of the International Coaching Federation came with a lot of benefits. As individuals, we learned, we deepened our expertise, and we made new connections. While there were truly many things worth mentioning about the past 12 months, it was clear that we experienced growth – growth in terms of membership, and growth in terms of our coaching knowledge and practice. Looking at membership growth, in the middle of 2021 ..read more

How does “Makatao” Leadership look like for you? What meaningful difference will “Makatao” Leadership brings to you and your team? For me, “Makatao” Leadership is about the practice of leaders SUPPORTING themselves and allowing their people to BE THEMSELVES. For the leader, this brings unshakeable confidence as to who they are when they are with others; allowing them to feel safe enough in welcoming the diverse experiences from people who have diverse personalities. Isn’t this just sheer wonder, that feeling of becoming alive as one enlivens others? Being enlivening is not just becoming a bett ..read more

For many years, successful individuals have relied on the guidance of life coaches.  Yet many still feel uncertain about seeking their services. A life coach can assist in determining your life goals and, more crucially, developing a plan to achieve them. Why are we often reluctant to seek assistance? I, too, thought that my life needed to be in complete chaos before looking into life coaching. When things are going well, I thought to myself, what could I possibly need coaching for? Although every coach’s practice varies, the underlying principle of life coaching is for an individual to c ..read more

The way professional coaching is perceived and experienced in the workplace has significantly changed in the last decade.  It used to be an intervention reserved for either top leaders working on certain areas for development, or hi-potentials preparing for more senior roles. Add to that, the confidentiality and high costs involved in coaching back then, and naturally the whole process was something that few “regular workers” neither understood nor had the possibility to access. Several factors have since brought about the change in the image of coaching at work. With the advancement of t ..read more

As an activity in one of our Coaching Conversation Workshops, we asked groups of participants to illustrate how they were with their company’s current coaching practice, alongside how they would like to see the coaching going in the future. One group finished quickly, but refused to pin their drawings on the wall. After much prodding, the group finally presented their flip charts to show one chart with an arrow pointing down. The second flip chart had two arrows, one pointing down and the other pointing up. After seeing the results, I couldn’t help but ponder. “Why is it that despite the best ..read more